What are the head computed tomography scan rates in children presenting with headache to an Australian community teaching hospital emergency department?

Abstract

Headache is a chief complaint for about 1% of pediatric emergency department (ED) attendances. Most cases have benign causes, but serious causes, such as central nervous system infections and brain tumours, are also possible. Previous studies from freestanding children’s hospitals show that the proportion of children with serious diagnoses accounts for 4%-6%. Computed tomography (CT) scan rates in children presenting to EDs with headache have been reported variably, ranging from 오스트레일리아 단일 이차수련병원 응급실에 두통으로 방문한 소아환자의 뇌 컴퓨터단층촬영 비율